"That... What if—what if he says no? Then we won't even be able to stay friends..."
Faced with Wang Youzhu's serious expression, Xia Qingyin's first instinct was to back down. She hesitated again.
"Ugh! You're so frustrating, you're really so frustrating!"
Wang Youzhu sighed heavily, then said:
"Xiao Yin, are you really content with just being his friend? Don't you want to take things further?"
Wang Youzhu raised an eyebrow.
"...I do."
Xia Qingyin nodded.
"Then what's there to hesitate about? Just go for it!"
"Or is it that you don't realize how charming you are?!"
"Look at you—you're beautiful, you have a great figure, and even I, a girl, like you a lot. Plus, your family background is impressive. What guy could possibly bring himself to turn you down?"
"Once those other girls realize you're in the picture, they'll naturally back off!"
Wang Youzhu guided her step by step.
Then she continued:
"Besides, based on what I've observed, Lu Yuan definitely likes you too."
At that moment, Wang Youzhu wore the same expression as the little death-god detective, looking as if she were thinking, "The scheming frog keeps feeling your belly."
As Wang Youzhu spoke, the image that surfaced in Xia Qingyin's mind was Lu Yuan's concerned expression from not long ago.
"Then I'll give it a try."
After her best friend Wang Youzhu's string of advice, she stopped wavering and nodded decisively.
"Hehehe, now that's the Xiao Yin I know..."
Wang Youzhu scratched her head and chuckled.
Then she rubbed her own stomach and said, "Xiao Yin, I've helped you so much. It wouldn't be too much to ask you to make me a few macarons, would it?"
"Sure."
Xia Qingyin nodded cheerfully and ran into the kitchen.
That night.
Xia Qingyin lay in bed, tossing and